The year is 2025, and Community Shares Scotland has supported an exciting environmental initiative. While the details of this case are of course fictional, hopefully it might inspire your community!
When the owners of the Black Bull decided to sell up, the community took the opportunity to purchase the pub themselves; rather than see it sold to private investors and re-developed into residential accommodation.
Sleat Community Trust (SCT) was formed in 2003 to support sustainable economic, environmental and social development in Sleat. SCT began considering the potential for a renewable energy development in Tormore Forest for the community hydro project.
For 170 years, the Swan pub has been at the heart of the Banton village community. However by 2016, the pub had fallen into disrepair and was at imminent risk of demolition.
The Isle of Eigg Brewery will become the first in Scotland to be wholly owned as a community benefit society. Their share offer in late 2020 raised almost £200,000, surpassing its minimum target with weeks to spare.
Led by a local development trust, this society will provide community transport and a tourist information point, made sustainable by income from a baggage handling service for walkers on nearby hiking trails
Following the huge success of their share offer, Common Ground Against Homelessness hopes their innovative model could bring lasting change for homeless people across the country.
Established in 2012, Harlaw Hydro Ltd is a Industrial Provident Society established to own and operate a micro-hydro scheme at Harlaw reservoir, near Balerno in Edinburgh.
Strontian Community School Building was established in 2016 as a Community Benefit Society with the initial purpose of overseeing the construction a new primary school building for the community of Strontian.
It became clear there was a real desire among local people to re-establish a community-owned greengrocer in Bruntsfield to complement the other independent shops in the area.
The year is 2023, and Community Shares Scotland has supported an exciting new initiative in Paisley. While the details of this case are of course fictional, hopefully it can inspire other ideas!
The year is 2023, and Community Shares Scotland has supported an exciting new initiative in Dundee. While the details of this case are of course fictional, hopefully it can inspire other ideas!
The year is 2023, and Community Shares Scotland has supported an exciting new initiative in Pitlochry. While the details of this case are of course fictional, hopefully it can inspire other ideas!
The move into community ownership saw the shop rebranded as The Community Carrot, as which it will continue to operate as a champion for fresh produce and sustainability.
Community shares helped make it possible for residents of Oban to repurpose this former primary school as a cultural hub, celebrating culture and heritage and supporting community wellbeing.
Bridgend Farmhouse continues to improve local health and wellbeing by encouraging better eating, learning and exercise, with its strong volunteer base helping to provide a constantly evolving range of activities on site.
On the 16th of April 2016, GlenWyvis Community Benefit Society launched its community share offer to raise £1.5m to build the world’s first distillery to be wholly powered by renewable energy and 100% community owned.
Scotland the Bread (STB) is a collaborative project to establish a Scottish grain, flour and bread supply that is healthy, equitable, locally-controlled and sustainable.
In Autumn 2015 Portpatrick Harbour Community Benefit Society launched a landmark community share offer in an attempt to secure the integrity and ownership of the historic harbour of Portpatrick
Cultybraggan Camp is the last remaining WWII high security POW camp in the UK. The community of Comrie acquired the camp in 2007
Sunart Community Renewables was established in 2014 by a local charity, Sunart Community Company, to fundraise, construct and operate a micro hydro-electric scheme on the remote Westerly peninsula of Ardnamurchan.
This co-operative consists of a shop, post office and petrol station which, back in 2003 successfully raised £12,500 through community shares.
Following a very successful community share launch, Green Energy Mull, raised over £450,000 towards the creation of the first community owned hydroelectric scheme on Isle of Mull.
